包包是怎么成为时尚配饰的
很多女性都喜欢包包,所以有“包治百病”一说。那么,包包是怎么成为时尚的一个重要部分的呢?
How handbag became ultimate fashion accessory
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Everyone needs a place to keep their things. That's where the bag – one of fashion's most ubiquitous(无处不在的) and practical accessories – has come in handythroughout history, according to a new exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Titled "Bags: Inside Out," the show features more than 300 bags, from tiny purses tomilitary rucksacks(背包). Though the museum is currently closed to visitors amid the UK's latest COVID-19 lockdown, style enthusiasts(发烧友) can peek inside the exhibition online, watch a short documentary about how contemporary bags are made, or read an article about some of the show's highlights.
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Predecessors to the modern purse evolved out of necessity. In 19th-century Europe, for instance, women would wear chatelaines(腰链). These waist-high appendages(附属品) resembled a brooch(胸针) with multiple attachments, like a sort of decorativeSwiss Army knife dangling(悬荡) from one's waist. In "Bags: Inside Out," a chatelainedated to around 1863 features 13 hanging tools, including a pair of scissors, purse,miniature notebook and magnifying glass.
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Bags were often created as luxury items that conveyed a person's status. Seamstresses(女裁缝) in 20th-century Pakistan would have embroidered(刺绣) a dowry(嫁妆) purse in advance of a high-status wedding. In 18th-century Paris,workshops of artists labored to cover a small purse in beads(有孔的珠子), making for an exceptionally pricey design.
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While the handbag has come to be traditionally associated with women, men havebenefited from bags, too. Between 1587 and 1591, Christopher Hatton, a member ofElizabeth I's court, likely used a "burse" made of silk, silver-gilt thread and sequins(亮片) to house the queen's silver matrix.
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Bridging the personal and political, some handbags were designed to make a statement. In 1827, an abolition(废除奴隶制) advocacy(倡导) group called the Female Society for Birmingham created a small reticule(收口手提包) bag emblazoned(印图案) with the image of a black enslaved woman nursing her child. Women in the society used bags such as these to carry and distribute anti-slaverycampaign materials.
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The exhibition also boasts an impressive array of modern bags that will impress any fashion-savvy museum-goer, including the original Birkin bag that Hermès made foractress Jane Birkin in 1984. Today, these designs are notorious as some of the most expensive handbags in the world.
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